So when you see on tv… Collect now all the f1 cars first edition on 99p rest at £11.99 etc have you ever collected a full edition and what did you collects ?
Still got my mum's "Golden Hands" somewhere. Complete with red binders. My dad wasn't as tidy. I don't remember any of his mags being in binders.
1 installment short of the Falklands War Story, got the binder as well. Might try and find the missing one on eBay.
Esso football coins, circa 1971/2. Ipswich Town was the rare one that no-one could get hold of. It helped that I was working part time at an Esso filling station. I got the full set and promptly gave it away. Knob! Ps I now see this is about magazines so here's another. I started collecting the DIY mag, the knack, when I first got married. Lost the will to live after about two years so sacked it. For all I know that scam could be still running
They proper take the piss those. When you add it all up a lot of the time it comes to over a grand. Shouldn't be legal.
A fool and their money... "You too could build a full-scale replica of The Millennium Falcon! Made from the highest grade recycled plastic, this wonderful addition to your "DIY Star Wars" collection can be yours in less than 3,000 weeks."
I used to work for a printing firm that did one of these...can't remember its name...the initial run was huge but got smaller and smaller as the weeks went on. I don't think we ever printed the final ones.
So apparently those models are actually decent value compared to buying one that's already made. Somebody on Reddit put one together
